Songs that you consider "perfect"

[91Joe95]

For example, I think this a great song, but I don't consider it perfect. I think it would be better if they removed about 80% of the backup vocals (doowop?!?).



These songs, on the other hand, I consider great and can think of no changes that would make them better.

I love the almost psychedelic vibe of this:


Crank this one up:


I love the visual story this one tells:


This is obviously very subjective so have at it.

 

[Lanz]

Well, if I was trying to explain Rock & Roll to an alien, I'd begin with this.... It's raw, sexy, angry and fast. The perfect rock song.

 

[SW-Lion]

https://youtu.be/ujNeHIo7oTE

Kind of hypnotizing, in a way….kind of magical.

 

[s1uggo72]

 

[Moogy]

Sometimes a woman has to do what some legends of rock n roll couldn't do ... take a very good song and perfect it ...

 

[Moogy]

Perfect flow ...

 

[Chatz5531]

Otis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

 

[Moogy]

Perfectly smoove ...

 

[Moogy]

Perfect club banger ...

 

[LionInTheSouth]

Alabama-dixie land delight, the only part that prevents it from being a perfect song IMHO is the voice synthesizers at the end of the song.

 

[Moogy]

Which is more perfecter?

 

[PSUriseANDfire]

Corduroy by Pearl Jam
I can nail it in karaoke and make up new lyrics everytime. According to me...if I am drunk enough to do karaoke.

 

[Still in State Colllege]

 

[Jim from Spicewood]

True Penn Staters will understand why this tune belongs here.

 

[Nittany1865Farmer]

Since we are covering any genre of music, got to go probably the greatest composer that America has ever produced: Duke Ellington and his perfect composition of "Satin Doll". The guy on the double bass is literally putting on a clinic on how to play a cool upright bass.

 

[Still in State Colllege]

 

[BobPSU92]

 

[Bvillebaron]

Yesterday by the Beatles. Year of the Cat by Al Stewart. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin come to mind.

 

[NitneLiun]

 

[Nohow]

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By Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. He sang this about drugs, Cash sang it about death.

 

[retsio]

This song - this one above all the others by many artists and interpretations -- I suggest this is the one.



and the following link by IL Divo --

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Il+Divo+-+Hallelujah+

 

[Connorpozlee]

Yesterday by the Beatles. Year of the Cat by Al Stewart. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin come to mind.

Musical tastes are amazingly diverse. I consider Year of the Cat to be the worst song I’ve ever heard.

 

[Connorpozlee]

A lot to choose from for me. I guess I’ll just put a couple in here to start with.

 

[Sif]

Let Down, Radiohead. The bridge almost makes me cry every time I hear it

 

[s1uggo72]

 

[Midnighter]

Which is more perfecter?

As good as ‘Hallelujah’ is Cohen agonized over perfecting it - I think there are versions with several additional verses. Additionally, both Buckley and Wainwright do the better versions of this song than Cohen, which is a testament to its greatness.

I don’t know what a perfect song is or if it exists, but these two immediately came to mind. Kate & Anna McGarrigle’s ‘Walking Song’ is so heartbreaking and honest I can't listen to more than a couple versus; it's about how the small moments and everyday pleasures make a life.



And like most things, simple is better. 'The Last Thing on My Mind' just hits all the right feels. There are lots of versions out there (Dolly Parton, Gram Parsons), but Tom Paxton's original is superb.

 

[Nohow]

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[DavidM]

Forgive my not providing a link, but Carly Simon's "You're So Vain." How could it be any better?

 

[GreggK]

 

[GreggK]

 

[Connorpozlee]

I was introduced to this song through a Replacements cover. I love it.

 

[s1uggo72]

Forgive my not providing a link, but Carly Simon's "You're So Vain." How could it be any better?

i always thought it was kind of her to drive with her headlights on

 

[Still in State Colllege]

A lot to choose from for me. I guess I’ll just put a couple in here to start with.

Love Jay Farrar. I would probably go back to Uncle Tupelo to Chickamauga or Whiskey Bottle

 

[Connorpozlee]

Love Jay Farrar. I would probably go back to Uncle Tupelo to Chickamauga or Whiskey Bottle

It’s funny, I found all three of those bands in reverse order. Happened to hear “Drown” on the radio one day and thought it was Neil Young. Didn’t catch the name so I searched and searched until I found out it was Son Volt. Bought the album and loved it instantly (still do). Next, I ran into “Outasite outamind” by Wilco and Beinf There and lived that as well. It wasn’t until years later that I found out they were once combined as Uncle Tupelo and naturally all of their stuff as well.

 

[GreggK]

I was introduced to this song through a Replacements cover. I love it.

That reminds me!

 

[Corner Room Breakfast]

Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
Do It Again - Steely Dan
Money - Pink Floyd
More Than A Feeling - Boston
Runaway Child - Temptations
You Keep Me Hangin' On - Supremes
What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Something - Beatles
Paint It Black - Stones

 

[MaconNitt]

the "perfect" country & western song?

 

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Nice list the supremes song is a great call

 

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